Henceforth, all cargo going in and out of North Korea must be inspected.

Suspicious government officials have been blacklisted, officials say.

China reacted to the harsh measures by requesting calm between North and South Korea.

The U.N sanctions were welcomed with joy in Seoul.

“We will cooperate with the world to make the North Korean regime abandon its reckless nuclear development and end tyranny that oppresses freedom and human rights of our brethren in the North,” South Korea’s president Park Geun-hye said after getting the news.

South Korea has also adopted two laws; the first to set up an anti-espionage unit and the second to to improve human rights in North Korea.